Paul Wescott (1904-1970)
Wescott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and chose to develop his artistic talents at the Art Institute of Chicago. Following his education there, he moved east to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His favorite places to paint were in Pottstown, PA and Friendship Island, Maine. Well known for his Maine coastal scenes, they reflect that area where he had a summer home, “Innisfree”.
His professional memberships included the Chester County AA and the Society of Washington Artsts (D.C.). Wescott’s work was exhibited in a variety of exhbitions includeing the PAFA, the National Academy of Design, Chester County AA, the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in alliance with the American Artists for Victory. He earned many prizes at a majority of these exhibits. From 1932-1946 he was a teacher at the Hill School of Pottstown, PA and was married to artist Alison Farmer Wescott, know mostly for her drawings.